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Department of Education
Region VII- Central Visayas
Schools Division of Cebu City
MASTERY TEST
SCIENCE 9
14. Which theory first proposed that magma from the mantle comes out of the
NAME :___________________________________ SEC :_____________ ocean ridges and form new seafloor?
A. continental drift theory C. theory of convection currents
DIRECTIONS: Read the items carefully and encircle the letter of the correct B. seafloor spreading theory D. theory of the internal structure of the Earth
answer.NO ERASURES.
15. Why are there convection currents in the mantle? There are convection
1.Predict what geolo gic features could result out of this plate boundary. currents in the mantle because ________________.
A. hotter materials at the deeper mantle float up while cooler materials sink down
A. Hot spots B. cooler materials at the deeper mantle float up while hotter materials sink down
B. Earthquakes C. the rotation of the earth around its axis disturbs the magma in the layer
C. Rift valleys, oceanic ridges D. moving lithospheric plates drag the magma below it to move
D. Mountains, volcanoes, trenches
16. What was the one weakness of the theory of continental drift?
2. In a hot spot, Volcano A is on top of the mantle plume, Volcano B is 10 km A. It did not explain why the continents move.
farther from A while Volcano C is the farthest. What can you infer about the B. The theory was not supported by evidences.
ages of the volcanoes? C. Majority of the presented evidence were fabrications.
A. Volcano B is the oldest D. The scientist who proposed it was not popular enough.
B. Volcano B is the youngest
C. Volcano B is younger than C 17. Magma that come out of an oceanic ridge help widen the oceans. Why is
D. Volcano A is older than C this so? When magma comes out of the ocean ridge, it___________.
3. Right in the middle of an island, you can find a rift valley. What type of plate
boundary exists on that island? A. pushes the old crust upwards increasing the thickness of the crust
A. Divergent C. Normal fault B. melts the old crust creating a heat source which boils away the ocean water
B. Convergent D. Transform fault C. melts the old crust creating a trench which causes the ocean to increase its
4. Plates A and B shows a divergent boundary. If Plate C is adjacent to both water capacity
plates and does not show any relative motion, what type of plate boundary is D. pushes either side of ridge away from the ridge pushing the ocean floor
present between A and C? apar twhile creating new crustal material

A. Divergent C. Normal fault 18. Which of the following is NOT a compositional layer of the Earth?
B. Convergent D. Transform fault A. Asthenosphere B. Core C. Crust D. Mantle

5. What geologic event is most likely to happen at the given type of plate 19. What were the names of the two supercontinents that formed when
boundary in number 4? Pangaea broke off into two?
A. Earthquake C. Mountain formation A. Gondwanaland and Laurasia C. Gondwanaland and Eurasia
B. Volcanic eruption D. Rift valley formation B. Laurasia and Eurasia D. Laurasia and Tethys

6. What do you expect to find parallel to a trench? 20. Which statement about continents and oceans is proposed by the Plate
A. Hot spot B. Rift valley Tectonic Theory?
C. Ocean ridge D. Volcanic arc A. Oceans and continents are both part of the lithosphere. When a segment of
7. What is the type of plate boundary where two plates move together, causing the lithosphere moves, so do the oceans and continents.
one of the slabs of lithosphere to descend into the mantle beneath an B. Oceanic crusts move to either side of an oceanic ridge and in the process
overriding plate? pushes the continents to move also.
A. Transform fault C. Continental landmasses move through the unmoving oceans breaking
B. Oceanic-oceanic convergent oceanic crusts in the process.
C. Oceanic-continental convergent D. Continental landmasses move independently from oceanic seafloor.
D. Continental-continental convergent
21. Which theory was proposed by Harry Hess and Robert Dietz?
8. What geologic features / events are present in a convergent plate A. continental drift theory
boundary? B. seafloor spreading theory
A. Hot spots C. theory of convection currents
B. Earthquakes D. theory of the internal structure of the Earth
C. Rift valleys, oceanic ridges and earthquakes
D. Mountains, volcanoes, trenches, earthquakes 22. Why do convection currents in the mantle exist?
9. What geologic features / events are present in a divergent plate boundary? A. The mantle is squeezed between the crust and the core. The heat
A. Hot spots C. Rift valleys, oceanic ridges and earthquakes generated
B. Earthquakes D. Mountains, volcanoes, trenches, earthquakes from this enables convection currents to flow.
B. Tectonic plates are moving. As they move, they produce friction which
10. What geologic features / events are present in a transform fault boundary? creates
A. Hot spots heat. This heat pushes the flow of convection currents.
B. Earthquakes C. The core of the earth is much hotter than the mantle. The heat from the
C. Rift valleys, oceanic ridges and earthquakes core
D. Mountains, volcanoes, trenches, earthquakes flows towards the mantle fueling the convection currents.
D. Heat from the sun is absorbed by the Earth’s internal layers. This constant
11. What is the function of the Earth’s core in sustaining convection currents in flow
the mantle? of heat from the sun triggers the movement of mantle materials.
A. Nothing. The core does not have a part in creating convection currents.
B. It absorbs all the heat generated by the movement of the currents. 23. Which best explains why molten materials from the mantle come out of
C. The core serves as the heat source that initiates convection currents. oceanic ridges?
D. It counters the movement of the convection current to make them stable. A. Magma from the mantle is pushed up by convection currents.
B. Movement of the tectonic plates pushes magma to come out of oceanic
12. The theory of plate tectonics evolved from previous theories and concepts ridges.
put forward by several scientists before its conception. Which theories and C. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions cause disturbance of magma in the
concepts are part oft his evolution? mantle.
D. The melting of oceanic crust creates an excess of magma which results in it
I. continental drift III. convection currents coming out of ridges.
II. seafloor spreading IV. internal structure of Earth
A. I only B. I and II only C. II and IV only D. I, II, III and IV 24. Why is the asthenosphere important in the context of the theory of plate
tectonics?
13. Who proposed the continental drift theory? A. Asthenosphere heats up the mantle and the core.
A. Alfred Wegener B. Robert Dietz C. Harry Hess D. Frederick Vine B. This layer prevents the lithosphere from moving too fast.
C. The asthenosphere prevents the lithosphere from melting.
D. Fluid-like nature of this layer enables lithospheric plates to move.
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MASTERY TEST
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25. Evaluate each statement below. Which of is TRUE about the plate tectonic
theory? 38.Which shows the correct type of plate boundary and interaction of forces ?
A. It is not compatible with the concepts proposed by continental drift, seafloor A. Convergent-Pulling C. Divergent-Pushing
spreading, convection currents and internal structure of the Earth. B. Divergent -Colliding D. Transform fault-Past each other
B. This theory evolved from the concepts proposed by continental drift,
seafloor spreading, convection currents and internal structure of the Earth. 39. Which of the following can you infer from the continuous movement of the
C. Plate tectonic theory completely disproves all the concepts proposed by lithospheric plates over the asthenosphere?
both the continental drift theory and the seafloor spreading theory. A. All the continents will cease to exist.
D. It is the earlier theory from which continental drift theory and seafloor B. All the volcanoes in the Philippines will become inactive.
spreading theory was derived from. C. The continents will not be located in the same place as they are now.
D. The islands of the Philippines will become scattered all over the
26. What causes the magnetic flip or reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field?
A. change in the magnetic polarity of the rocks world
B. change in the direction of flow in the outer core 40 What layer of the Earth is made up of the crust and the uppermost mantle?
C. change in the direction of flow in the inner core A. Mantle C. Lithosphere
D. change in the magnetic patterns in the magnetic rocks B. Continental crus D. Tectonic Plate boundary

27. What characteristics of the asthenosphere helps explain the evidence of 41 How many MAJOR tectonic plates are there in the Earth’s lithosphere?
crustal-plate motion? A. Six B. Seven C. Eight D. Nine
A. the magnetic properties
B. the semi liquid physical state 42 The capacity of a partially melted solid to flow like a liquid is referred to as
C. the ability to deflect solar winds _____________.
D. the ability to absorb heat energy A. Plasticity B. Flammability C. Viscosity D. Thickness
28. What do you call the sedimentary rocks from the glacier deposits used as
evidence to support plate movement? 43. What type of a tectonic plate is the Scotia plate?
A. Frostbite C. Tillites A. major plate B. minor plate
B. Placer D. Trilobites C. microplate D. it is not a plate

29. The diagram on the right side represents the movement of the mantle 44. Which geologic activities are found near or along tectonic plate
under the earth’s crust. Which processes is represented in the diagram. boundaries?
A. Conduction C. Radiation A. Volcanoes and Mountains C. Volcanoes, mountains, and earthquakes
B. Convection D. Rotation B. Earthquakes D. None of them

30. What can be traced when volcanoes, earthquake epicenters and mountain 45 What does the Plate Tectonic Theory explain about the lithosphere of the
ranges are marked on the map? Earth?
A. places where archipelagos exist A. It is one whole integrated system that floats on top of the mantle.
B. countries with thin oceanic crust B. The lithosphere is rotating around the mantle.
C. boundaries between tectonic plates C. It is fragmented into several segments.
D. areas prone to typhoons and storms D. The lithosphere is not rigid and therefore flows like a fluid.

31. Which of these observations indicates that the Philippines has active 46. Which of the following are sub-components of the mantle?
volcanoes and a high frequency of earthquakes? A. Asthenosphere and Lower Mantle (Mesosphere)
a. The Philippines is near a big body of water. B. Lower Mantle (Mesosphere) and Outermost rigid mantle layer
b. The country is far from a tectonic plate boundary. C. Outermost rigid mantle layer and Asthenosphere
c. The country is near the boundary of two tectonic plates. D. Asthenosphere, lower mantle (Mesosphere) and outermost rigid mantle
d. The Philippines is located at the center of a tectonic plate. layer

32. Which of the pair continents matches the edges of one another? 47 Which of the following is not evidence supporting tectonic plate
A. South America – Asia C. South America – Africa movement?
B. North America – Africa D. North America – South America A. Ages of Rocks in the Seafloor
B. Fossil distributions across continents
33. Which of the following is used by scientists to measure the rate of tectonic C. The jigsaw puzzle-like fit of the continents
plate movement? D. Ancient cave drawing found in the different parts of the world.
A. GPS C. NASA
B. Map Scaling D. Space Shuttle 48 Which of the following can you infer from the continuous movement of the
lithospheric plates over the asthenosphere?
34. How does Mesosaurus fossil evidence support plate movement? A. All the continents will cease to exist.
A. because it is unlikely that the Mesosaurus could swim between continents B. All the volcanoes in the Philippines will become inactive.
B. because it is unlikely that the Mesosaurus existed on both continents C. The continents will not be located in the same place as they are now.
C. the Mesosaurus fossil evidence does not support the continental drift D. The islands of the Philippines will become scattered all over the world
theory.
D. The Mesosaurus lived millions of years ago, when scientists believe the 49 Which location experiences less earthquakes?
continents began to form A. countries near tectonic plate boundaries C. on the center of a
tectonic plate
35. What evidence proved that South America, Africa, India and Australia were B. areas sitting on the plate boundaries D. on the edges
once covered by glaciers? of tectonic plates
A. cold climates C. enormous valleys formed by glaciers
B. leftover portion of glaciers D. glacial deposits and rock surfaces 50. Australia does not have a single volcano that is active for thousands of
scarred by glaciers years. What could be the reason for this?
A. the size of its landmass C. the frequency of earthquakes in
36.Australia does not have a single volcano that is active for thousands of the country
years. What could be the reason for this? B. its location within the tectonic plate D. its lithosphere composition is
A. the size of its landmass different from others
B. its location within the tectonic plate
C. the frequency of earthquakes in the country
D. its lithosphere composition is different from others

37.The Ring of Fire is an area located at the edges of an ocean. There are a
lot of volcanoes and earthquakes in this area. Which tectonic plate do most of
these edges belong to?
A. Arabian plate C. African plate
B. Pacific plate D. South American plate
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Region VII- Central Visayas
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MASTERY TEST
SCIENCE 9
15. What If the population of species is doubled in an area, what effect would
this have on the resources of the community?
NAME :__________________________________ SEC:_______________ A. decline of supply C. competition would increase
B. remains the same D. doubled because of increase of
DIRECTIONS: Read the items carefully and encircle the letter of the population
correct answer.NO ERASURES.
16. Which of the following parts of the respiratory system where exchange of
1. A white Four o'clock flower is crossed with red Four o'clock flower. What will gases
be the color of the offspring? happens?
A. orange B. pink C. red D. A. Alveoli B. Bronchioles C. Bronchi D. Trachea
white
17. Which statement is CORRECT about limiting factors?
For numbers 2 & 3, refer to the situation below. A hybrid red flower (Rr) A. Alternative energy sources must be used to help our environment.
is crossed with a white flower. B. Corona virus is nature’s way in decreasing the number of human
2. What percentage of the offspring will be red? populations.
A. 0% B. 25% C. Sustainable development must be practiced so that resources will still
C. 50% D. 75% be available in the future.
D. The carrying capacity of the earth is at its saturation and organisms
3. What percentage of the offspring will be white? die because not all their needs are met.
A. 0% B. 25%
C. 50% D. 75% 18.The nutrients obtained from the food during digestion are supplied by the
circulatory system to the body. What does the circulatory system distribute to
4. What pattern of inheritance is depicted when a round watermelon crossed the body as it works with the respiratory system?
with a long watermelon yielding oval offspring? A. nitrogen and oxygen C. carbon dioxide and oxygen
A. Segregation B. Dominance B. oxygen and nutrients D. carbon dioxide and nutrients
C. Codominance D. Incomplete Dominance
19. What happens to the diaphragm when a person breathes in or inhales?
5. If solid and liquid wastes are removed from the body through defecation and The diaphragm ______________.
urination, what is released by the body as wastes during respiration? A. relaxes C. never relax
A. oxygen C. both a and c B. contracts D. stops to relax
B. carbon dioxide D. none of these 20. Which of the following is a habitat?
A. atmosphere B. fog
6. In snapdragon flowers, the colors red and yellow have incomplete C. fruit D. pond
dominance. What will happen when a gardener cross breeds a red flower with
a yellow flower? A/n ______. 21. Which group has the largest number of species?
A. red flower will grow C. yellow flower will grow A. Arthropods B. Birds
B. blue flower will grow D. orange flower will grow C. Mammals D. Plants
7. Which of the following is an alternate form of a gene? 22. Which of the following is considered as high index of diversity?
A. allele B. genotype A. aquarium B. herbarium
C. linkage D. phenotype C. coral reefs D. coconut plantation
23.How many numbers of runs are in this row of species PPPP-OOOO-
For numbers 8 - 10, refer to the given scenario. Two pink Japanese four UUUUUU-LL-AA?
o’clock flowers (RW) are crossed.
A. 3 B. 4
8. Hemophilia is a disorder in which blood does not clot normally. Which of the C. 5 D. 6
following is TRUE? 24.What is biodiversity? It is the ____________.
A. Hemophilia varies among individuals. C. Hemophilia is A. animals that live only in rain forests
affected by environment. C. rich variety of lives in every ecosystem on earth
B. Having hemophilia is a polygenic trait. D. Having hemophilia B. majority of living things we can find on earth
is a monogenic trait. D. animals and plants species that live only in your backyard
9. If a man is color - blind and his wife is a carrier, which of the following is
TRUE? 25. Why is the human heart called a double pump? It is because
A. All the girls will be carriers. _____________.
C. All children will be either a carrier or color - blind. A. of the presence of valves
B. All the boys will be carriers. B. the left and right ventricles pump the blood
D. Each girl has a 50% chance of being color - blind. C. blood is received from both upper chambers
10. Which of the following represents the human sex chromosome for female? D. the heart is divided into two major parts, atrium and ventricle
A. XX B. XY C. XZ D. YY
11. An animal with black fur is crossed with an animal with white fur, and all 26.Why do we need biodiversity?
the offspring are gray. What law of inheritance is shown? Law of ______. A. The diversity of life on earth is essential to survive.
A. Segregation B. Dominance C. Codominance D. B. It makes out world unique, and it makes us happy.
Incomplete Dominance C. It gives us food to eat, water to drink, air to breath, and much more.
12. What pattern of inheritance is involved when both traits are shown? D. All of the above
A. Segregation B. Dominance C. Codominance D. Incomplete
Dominance 27.What is an invasive species? A species that _________________.
A. protects its turf from others
13.Which of the following circulation of the blood is from the heart to the lungs C. helps the species to grow and thrive
and back to the heart? B. migrates for one place to another
A. Bronchial circulation C. Systemic circulation D. lands in a new place and upsets the natural balance
B. Coronary circulation D. Pulmonary circulation
28.Why is Philippines a great place to study biodiversity?
14. When do we say that an ecosystem is balanced? When all organisms are A. Many unusual birds fly to Philippines from other places all year long.
_____. B. The Philippines is the only mega biodiversity in the world
A. becoming extinct C. not interacting with the non- .C. It is so close to many other places with a lot of biodiversity, so you
living things can get to them easily.
B. interacting harmoniously D. within one place and are D. Many of the plants and animals that live here cannot be found
fighting for resources anywhere else in the world.

29. When a species is decreasing so fast that it becomes endangered, it is

said to be__________.
A. extinct B. invasive
C. survivors D. threatened
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43. What will happen if oxygen is not transported by the blood to the different
parts of the body?
30. Which of the following is caused by air pollution mostly from factories and A. Cellular respiration will stop.
motor vehicles? B. The body parts will not function anymore.
A. acid rain B. deforestation C. Food in the form of glucose inside the cell will not be oxidized.
C. algal bloom D. eutrophication D. All of the above

31. Which of the statements below is NOT part of the process of 44. Which of the following molecules is a waste product of photosynthesis?
Eutrophication? A. hydrogen B. sugar C . oxygen D. water
A. Oxygen in the water is no longer available for animals to live. 45. Which of the following is the energy transformation required in
B. Sewage carries chemicals into the lakes or sea that speeds up the photosynthesis?
growth of algae. A. solar energy to kinetic energy
C. Algae die and then bacteria will cause decomposition while using up B. potential energy to solar energy
oxygen in water. C. solar energy to potential energy
D. Fishes will build up pollutants in their bodies because of D. kinetic energy to potential energy
polychlorinated biphenyl. 46. Since valves act as the doors of the heart, what might happen if these
32. Which group of the statements below is CORRECT about the destruction doors do not close? There will be a ________of blood.
of habitat? A. backflow C. precipitation
I. Soil erosion increases when trees are cut down. B. coagulation D. transfusion
II. Species of plants and animals will decrease in
number. 47.When we breathe in, we inhale many gases present in the air, including
III. Plants and animals living in the forest will lose their oxygen.
habitats. What do you think happens to the gases that are not needed by the body?
IV. All species in the habitat will have balanced A. Given off from the body through inhalation.
environment and will liveharmoniously. B. Taken out from the body through exhalation
A. I and II C. I, II and III C. Both a and b
B. I, III and IV D. I, II, III, and IV D. All of these

33. What atmospheric phenomenon is described when gases in the 48. A farmer is experiencing a problem in growing his crops. Most of the
atmosphere trapped the reflected heat of the sun from Earth’s surface? leaves of the
A. acid rain C. El Niño crops are turning yellow. Which of the following will likely result from the
B. climate change D. greenhouse effect yellowing of
34. Which of the following communities can withstand environmental changes? the leaves of the crops?
A. It will increase the production of food.
A. ant colony C. forest B. It will decrease the production of food.
B. coconut plantation D. orchidarium C. The production of food will remain the same.
35. What is the main cause of extinction in plant and animal species? D. None of the above.
A. burning of trees C. dynamite fishing 49. What does the chloroplast do during the process of photosynthesis?
B. destruction of habitat D. dumping of garbage
A. stores water
36. If Deforestation: floods and Dynamite fishing: destruction of coral reefs, B. control cellular activities
how about C. transport glucose to the cell
Eutrophication: ____________ D. moves the energy into the cell
A. fish kill C. oxygen depletion in water
B. algal bloom D. all of these 50. Ben wants to know if leaves are capable of making food during night-time.
Which of the following experimental design should Ben do to get an accurate
37. The heart pumps deoxygenated blood from the organs of the body back to answer to his question?
the lungs for oxygenation. In what particular blood vessel where the A. Cover the plant with paper bag overnight and test for the presence of
deoxygenated blood passes through as it goes to the heart and through the starch.
lungs? B. Put one potted plant in a very dark place over night and test for the
A. Pulmonary vein C. Inferior vena cave presence of starch.
B. Pulmonary artery D. Superior vena cava C. Cover one leaf of a potted plant with carbon paper for two hours and
test for the presence of starch.
38. Which of the following BEST describes sustainable development? A D. Put one potted plant under the sun and the other in a shaded area for
society that ____________. two hours and test for the presence of starch.
A. fights for resources.
B. lives under the carrying capacity of the environment.
C. has rich index of diversity with limited number of resources.
D. has a lot of limiting factors, and the people are striving to survive.
39. What taxonomic classification does a Dugong belong? A/An
A. amphibian B. fish C. insect D. mammal

40. Which of the following are the principal causes of deforestation?

A. Tree planting, muro-ami, illegal logging and forest fires
B. Kaingin farming and cutting of mature trees for lumber
C. Illegal logging, kaingin farming, forest fires and typhoons
D. Conversion of agricultural lands to housing projects and muro-ami

41. Which of the following is described as tiny particles of soot, dust, and
smoke that can get into the lungs when inhaled and it also block the sunlight in
the atmosphere?
A. participants B. particular C. participle
D. particulates

42.What organ system help in the transport of nutrients throughout the body?
A. bronchi, heart, trachea
B. heart, trachea, windpipe
C. blood, blood vessels, heart
D. blood, blood vessels, trachea